a few days in Door County

I just got back from a little road trip with my friend Liz to Door County, which is among my favorite places in Wisconsin. Door County is a peninsula that juts into Lake Michigan, forming Green Bay to the northwest. Long an agricultural area, there are beautiful expanses of fields and woods stetching away from the villages that line the coast, and many opportunities to buy and sample cherries, apples and wines made in the area. Lots of interesting shops and galleries, too--including Woodwalk Gallery, which carries my paintings. Woodwalk is one of the few galleries in the area that hangs abstract work, and when I went hunting for Door County representation a few years ago I knew right away I'd found a good place for my paintings. I like the friendly, down-to-earth and personable owner/artist, Margaret Lockwood so much. As an artist herself--her atmospheric, abstracted paintings of sky and trees are featured in the gallery--she's in the unique position of seeing both sides of the gallery business. When I stopped in on Monday to see how things were going, she told me the gallery will be relocating in 2007 to a renovated barn which sounds really nice. (For those of you familiar with the area, it will be further south off Hwy. 42 near Carlsville.)

The photos are of a pelican spotted from the bike trail in Peninsula State Park, and some beautiful mossy rocks--inspiration for texture! (Click on photos for a larger view...)  ¶ 8:05 AM